Death row convict Iwao Hakamata was granted a rare retrial and released from prison in 2014, but the retrial started only in 2024 due to delayed legal proceedings. Trending | World

Man, 89, acquitted of quadruple murders after 56 years, gets $1.5mn damages for agony

A court in Japan on Thursday (Sep 26) acquitted Iwao Hakamata, the world's longest-serving death row inmate, half a century after he was arrested and sentenced to death on the basis of some 'blood-stained cloths' found near the site of the quadruple murders.

Iwao Hakamata: World's longest-serving death row inmate declared innocent 50 years after 4 murders

Kozhikode native Abdul Rahim, sentenced to death row at Al-Malaz Prison in Riyadh in Saudi Arabia and for whom Kerala raised a staggering sum of ₹34 crore as blood money for his release, may get released soon.

Indian national on death row in Saudi jail to be freed

Nearly 14 months after surviving state's attempt to put him to death by lethal injection, inmate Kenneth Eugene Smith at the Holman Correctional Facility in Alabama will be subjected to another execution attempt.

'I’m just not ready': US man set to be executed by nitrogen gas, months after botched attempt

Alabama has received the go-ahead for using nitrogen gas to execute a death row inmate later this month. A federal judge on Wednesday rejected inmate Kenneth Smith's request for an injunction to stop the execution via nitrogen hypoxia which experts and his lawyers have condemned as cruel and experimental.

Federal judge gives green light to first US execution by nitrogen gas

United Nations experts have urgently implored the United States authorities to reconsider the scheduled execution of Kenneth Smith in Alabama on January 25. The unsettling twist in this case is the proposed method: asphyxiation using pure nitrogen, an untested and unprecedented approach that has never been used anywhere in the world.

International outcry over US plans to use 'inhuman' nitrogen asphyxiation to execute death row inmate

Melissa Lucio, a mother of 14, was scheduled to be executed on April 27 following a contentious trial for the 2007 murder of her two-year-old daughter. But now, a Texas judge has postponed her execution.

Mother of 14 or a toddler's murderer? Court stays execution of Texas woman who claims confession was coerced

Japan has defended their use of capital punishment to combat 'Atrocious Crimes' as it executes three death row inmates convicted of mass murder.

Japan defends capital punishment to combat 'Atrocious Crimes' as it executes 3 death row inmates

Two death row inmates in Japan are suing the country over same-day executions. The prisoners are demanding a change in the process where prisoners are notified only hours before the death penalty is carried out.

'Extremely inhumane': Japanese death row inmates sue over same day executions

Royal Park Murder Case: Sri Lanka President grants pardon to convict on death row. To know more watch the video

Royal Park Murder Case: Sri Lanka President grants pardon to convict on death row

Ansari, who was sentenced by a Pakistani court for owning a fake identity card, was shifted to a hospital after suffering grave injuries

Indian citizen attacked in Pakistan jail, New Delhi seeks consular access

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